Plumbing Collection

Nude from behind (Morning toilet), 1841. Found in the collection of Hirschsprung Collection

Le Bidet. Private Collection

Billingsgate New Market, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Billingsgate New Market [in London], 1854. The New Market is covered with semicircular roofs of galvanised corrugated iron

Roman Remains Discovered at Lymne, Kent, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Roman Remains Discovered at Lymne, Kent, 1850. Archaeological dig at Lympne in Kent: An extensive hypocaust ran under the floor

Sewage disposal plant at the Aqua Fria Farm security administration camp, Maricopa County, AZ
Maricopa County, AZ. Sewage disposal plant at the Aqua Fria Farm security administration camp for migrant workers

The Metropolitian Baths - the Ladies Bath, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Metropolitian Baths - the Ladies Bath, 1858....there has scarcely existed in the metropolis [ie London] a convenient bathing establishment; most of the baths...being notoriously incommodious

The Metropolitian Baths - the Vapour Bath, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Metropolitian Baths - the Vapour Bath, 1858. The elegance of a well-appointed dressing-room has been imported into every bath-room, which shines resplendent with mirrors, marble, and mahogany

The Metropolitian Baths - the Douche and Shower Bath Room, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Metropolitian Baths - the Douche and Shower Bath Room, 1858....there has scarcely existed in the metropolis [ie London] a convenient bathing establishment [however]...a company has

Brockton, Mass. Dec. 1940, second-hand plumbing store, 1940. Creator: Jack Delano
Brockton, Mass. Dec. 1940, second-hand plumbing store

Sluice, 1885. Creator: Adolph Menzel
Sluice, 1885

The Waterworks. Creator: Pierre-Laurent Auvray
The Waterworks

Bath Water Heaters, c. 1937. Creator: Al Curry
Bath Water Heaters, c. 1937

The Avenue of Fountains, probably 1653. Creator: Stefano della Bella
The Avenue of Fountains, probably 1653

Well Cleaner, 1746. Creator: Caylus, Anne-Claude-Philippe de
Well Cleaner, 1746

Two Plumbers with a Pipe, Pipe Cutter, and Toolbox, 1870s-80s. Creator: Unknown
Two Plumbers with a Pipe, Pipe Cutter, and Toolbox, 1870s-80s

A House of Refuge - In the Bath, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
A House of Refuge-In the Bath, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

La toilette, c. 1908. Found in the collection of Musee d Orsay, Paris

House Drainage. Schematic diagram

The bath, 1873-1874. Found in the Collection of Muse e d Orsay, Paris

Lucky Tom-Cat. Found in the Collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

La Toilette. Private Collection

Sunday morning. Private Collection

Young woman at her toilet, 1898. Artist: Lomont, Eugene (1864-1938)
Young woman at her toilet, 1898. Found in the collection of Musee de l Oise, Beauvais

The Indiscreet Eye, 1742. Artist: Boucher, Francois (1703-1770)
The Indiscreet Eye, 1742. Private Collection

Toilet, ca 1879. Found in the collection of Foundation E. G. Buhrle Collection, Zurich

At the Dressing Table, 1872. Artist: Gribkov, Nikolai Yakovlevich (Mid of 19th cen. )
At the Dressing Table, 1872. From a private collection

National conveniences, 1769. Artist: Gillray, James (1757-1815)
National conveniences, 1769. From a private collection

Plumbing, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

Roman Water Pipe. Includes the constructors name, National Museum, Rome

Roman aqueducts seen on the slopes of Saint Just, c1790-1853. Artist: Jean Michel Grobon
Roman aqueducts seen on the slopes of Saint Just, c1790-1853. Located in the collection at, Musee des Beaux Arts, Lyon

Gallo-Roman water pipeline, excavations of Alesia, July 1906

Roman toilet, Ostia, Italy. Found at the Archaeology Museum and Roman Ruins, Ostia, Italy

Close stool of Franz Joseph I of Austria. Artist: Anonymous
Close stool of Franz Joseph I of Austria. Found in the collection of the Kammerhofmuseen der Stadt Gmunden

Bidet of Elisabeth of Bavaria (Carl Knoll Porcelain Factory, Carlsbad), 1887-1890. Artist: Anonymous
Bidet of Elisabeth of Bavaria (Carl Knoll Porcelain Factory, Carlsbad), 1887-1890. Found in the collection of the Kammerhofmuseen der Stadt Gmunden

Foundation of a hypocaust, 3rd century
Foundation of a hypocaust - the underfloor heating system - at Fishbourne, 3rd century

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